September 19, 2012

Breaking new ground

Paychex founder and Golisano Children’s Hospital namesake B. Thomas Golisano and several children who have benefitted from the hospital’s care break ground at the site of the new hospital.

The $145 million building on Crittenden Boulevard, which will be attached to the Medical Center and Strong Memorial Hospital, will have eight floors and approximately 245,000 square feet of space dedicated to children and their families. The new hospital features 52 private patient rooms, a greatly expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and spaces designed to meet the needs of children and their families.

“This is a proud day, when we can start building a world-class children’s hospital for our region’s children and families,” President Joel Seligman said. “We have already been delivering outstanding patient care, and this new facility is going to make Rochester a destination for pediatric care across upstate New York and the nation.”

Over a period of five months following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
explosion and oil spill, naturally occurring bacteria in the Gulf of
Mexico consumed and removed at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas
that spewed from the ruptured well.

Georgia Gosnell has decided to use these endowed funds to establish two
permanent endowed professorships: the Georgia and Thomas Gosnell
Distinguished Professorship in Palliative Care and the Georgia and
Thomas Gosnell Professorship in Quality and Safety.

From Oct. 4 to 6, Rochester will bring together researchers in big data
analytics and applications, leaders of federal research agencies, and
representatives of high technology companies at the Big Data Forum 2012.

As director, Cerulli will be responsible for creating and implementing
programs to celebrate women’s achievements and working to overcome
remaining barriers to women’s wider leadership. She assumed the position
Sept. 1

The new program is a scientific, evidence-based intervention that uses
modern behavioral learning theory to teach social, motor, reasoning, and
verbal behaviors, offering solutions to the challenges faced in
schools, homes, and treatment settings.

Two major festivals centering on famous composers, one celebrating the
sesquicentennial of Claude Debussy’s birth and the other showcasing the
organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach, highlight the fall concert season
at the Eastman School.